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The Press., 1887-11-17

ROASTING CHESTNUT VENDER What is your pet jokeP Everybody has pet story, and it is generally the mrs' s'upId one in the world when vou heur it. PeO. pie are mostly polite about lhnt They laugh just to save the teller uf story from humiliation. It is not fair because it simply encourages the man to gu and tell somebody eIse Of course have np humor myself. know that most people who tell oIe stories go about and Xii k and say spoil the point of them when put them in this column. But somehow they keep telling me them. have mad sev- eral deadly enemies. They have to d me stories and haven't printed them. They have been pet family jokes, and eome Of them have had too much resp, ct fer tu expose them in their old age to a heartiess world. But l never met anyb, dy whr had not a pet joke which he would tell
 with the most profound enjoyment as of
 ten as he could get a chance. r'n' m
 Der once at d big mess iu the far east n new man came along and when he got hold of Il bottle of beer he said srnt-nIously {: Beer fills many hottie, and n bottle fills many bier." They laughtd, and he used to get thls thing off before every str ruger who came to the table. It got tireeome. One evening there wHs crowd ut dluuer, and just as he was getting ready tu fire it of the gentleman at the head of the table rose up, with glass of beer Ill his hand, and said sulemnly: "Gentlemen, beer fills many bottle" The gentleman at the foot of the table rose after him and said equally solemnly: ''And the bottle fills many a bier" This ceremony they kept up for a while every night to break the joker. Then force of habit stepped m and for years that ceremony was gone through at the mess table every night un- til it became kind of religious one, hand. ed down from esch head of the mess to his successor. --SdR Francisco Chronicle.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
THE PEOPLE MUST RULE.

BAsrHor, La, June Of, 1887.
Editor, Ieiegraph:-Thes strong, manly
aud patriotic blows which you have
recently given that class of politicians
whom you choose to style political
bosses" have had and do have the
cordial endorsement of every honest
citizen in the State. 1 have heard your
punsent structures upon "boss rule"
denounced by none except those who
have an AK to grind or else employ
themselves in turning the grind rock
for others. The great mass of the people
who live under "boss" domination,
feel just what you 50 graphically picture
MS the condition of politics in Ouachita
parish. They feel that the parochial
aud State governments have entirely
slipped from their hands and that a
JeW political manipulators are naming
the officers and debating the policy of
political affairs in Louisiana. The
people look to fearless editors like your
self to expose the impudence of the
political jobbers and point out the
danger OF tamely submitting to their
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The New York Tribune of June g
contains tho following interesting in
formation with regard to Gen. J. Floyd
King, eX-cOngressman from the Fifth
district, which he represented 70, eight
years
Congressman j. Floyd King, of
Louisiana, has been in New York for
some weeks engaged in promoting II
Southern business enterprise. Iio is a
stout man, dark cornpleXioned, with a
handsome head and smooth shaven
face. After serving nine years in Con-
gress Nc. King was retired at the last
election, and has now started upon Il
business career in enterprises with re-
ference to the new South, which he
has been bringing to the attention OF
New York capitalists. In speaking OF
his retirement Mr.. King said: 81 have
no regret in going out of public life.
There is no compensation in it. l sec
that Mr.. Powdcrly, of the knights of
Labor, is crying out against the bur>
den of letter writing. l know some
thing of that myself. In the first year
of Mr.. Cleveland's administration my
bill for postage alone was 800. My
clerk hire amounted to more than my
salary as congressman. The more l
answered letters the more 1 received
l have spent an entire Sunday and
Monday in endeavoring to open an
swer the mail of Saturday without
completing the work. 1t is probable
that ! could have returned to Con-
gress if Mr.. Carlisle had not kept us
too long in Washington. l had to
fight men who came to Washington
aud demanded patronage of Mr.. Cleve-
land to carry out their purposes.
There were nine candidates before the
convention for congressional nominal
ton, representing each of the coun-
ties in tho district l was able to take
some counties away from some can
didates after got back to Louisiana,
and only needed one more county to
accomplish my denomination, but
was two days too late TO accomplish
that reSult,o
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
MEETING OF THE LEVEE BOARD.

Pursuant to Il call of the President,
the Board of Levee Commissioners of
the Tensas Basin Levee district met at
their domicile on the oath day OF June,
1887. The roll was called and Messrs.
Ivy, Mathews, Herring and Hefner
answered to their names. Messrs.
FilhiOl, Bowman and Millsaps were
not present. There being quorum,
the President called the Board to or
der.
On motion, the claims of Z. III. Polcr
for ten dollars attorneys fee, and of
II. y. Wells for one hundred and fifty
dollars attorneys fee were allowed,
and the Secretary authorized to draw
warrants for said amounts.
On motion, the President was
authorized to purchase II suitable Res
cord Book, in which the proceedings
of the Board are to be inscribed, and
further authorized to have tho pro-
ceedings of the meetings of the Board
heretofore held inscribed in said Re
cord Book, and TO pay the Secretary
for such inscriptions at the rate Of fiji
teen cents per hundred words.
The Board adjourned until 25th OF
June, 1887.
Pursuant to adjournment the Board
met on the 9th of June, 'S7, and pro.
ceeded to business, there being Il
quorum present.
On motion of ID. Herring, seconded
by Mr.. Hefner, the following resolu-
ton was adopted, Messrs. Herring,
Hefner and Mathews voting aftirmati-
vely.
Whereas the Louisiana Arkansas
and Missouri Railroad Company pro-
pose TO construct Il railroad from the
town of Alexandria,, in the State of
Louisiana, TO the town of Brinkley, in
the State of Arkansas, and whereas il
is the duty of the Board Of I.evee Com
missioners of the Tensas Basin Levee
District to construct, repair and main
tain leveeS in or out of the State of
Louisiana, which in the opinion of the
Board of State Engineers will protect
said district hom overflow, aud
whereas it is believed that an earthen
embankment across what is known as
Beouf River Cut OFF in the State of
Arkansas, will more efficiently accom-
plish that object than any other levee.
Therefore, be it resolved by this
Board of Lsvce Commissioners, that
the President hereof is authorized
hereby to propose To said Railroad
Company two mill tax annually up
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The Telegraph has no personal war
fare TO make against any man or set of
men. The records of officials is public
property and of right subject to just
criticism. The happenings of tho day;
political movements; the condition of
the country and society, belongs pecu-
liarly TO the domain of journalism and
ii Is tina duty OF an Independent press
to truly chronicle the happenings, note
political movements and fleet the
conditions of the country and society.
Strictly confined to these duties no
man or set of men have any right to
complain. To do so evinces intoler.-
ence; to so further is to suppress free
dom of speech and muzzle the press,
the bulwark of the peoples liberties.
When, however, the Il. iesraph so far
forgets itself as to abuse its privileges {;
when it SO lowers itself as to stoop
down to the cutters and throw mud (;
when il even borders on slum Journal
ism aud travels dehorS the record,
then we would account our bitterest
enemy our best friend if he would ine
continentally squelch us. Until we do
that, mindful of the constitutional
guarantee of the freedom of speech and
the liberty OF the press, aud conscious
of our rectitude of purpose, we shall
pursue the even tenor of our way, con-
ceding all rights 10 Others that we
claim for ourself.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Hon. e. John Ellis denies that he is
to come home and undertake the
management of the Nichols campaign.
In reply TO a question from an Item
reporter on the subject Mr.. Ellis said
"I am connected with no campaign
committee in Louisiana or elsewhere.
/ am not a candidate for Congress or
for any Office. Neither my people, the
State nor the President have in their
gift an Office would have. remained
in public life until l was more than
bankrupted in fortune. L am practicIng
law with the best of good prospects.
l have paid four iifths of my debts. l
will pay them all this year. 1t ia my
steady intention to return to Louisiana
after a time to live and die there. l
contemplate, in tho immediate future,
visit to tho State to see my mother,
and at the same timo attend to some
business; but my visit will not have
the remotest relation to politics."
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
The Telegraph has been mildly fold

The Telegraph has been mildly told
that by giving publicity TO lawlessness
it was doing more TO hurt the country
than any other one thing. We RESI-
pectfully, reasonably and logically
submit, that lawlessness does more to
hurt country than anything else and
that country can not prosper We're il
exists and meets with the silent acqui.
escence of the law abiding people and
press. The Telegraph yields tho palm
to none when ii comes to jealous work
for the material welfare Of our common
country
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
The Ouachita Telegraph saws :

How would w. J. Mcdonald suit oul
friend ofthe Bulletin for Governor? Would
the Bulletin support him to Il finish?
Who is w. J. Mcdonald? We know
Hon. j. w. Mcdonald, prominent
aud worthy citizen of Webster parish
but who is w. J. Mcdonald :-.Trere-
port Times.
\ cabinet siza portrait of the distin-
pushed gentleman is to be found in
the Bulletin.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
TIE CAPTURED FLAGS.

q rhif, I'LL S!AA UNIV
making S....~--ano pa.-.-,,,,lIs. 1t
lies within the power, and it is plainly
the duty, of the press to dethrone TIE
chooses" and reinstate the people to the
proud position of ruling their own
affairs. Until this is done prosperity
cannot exist in Louisiana.
The state of affairs which you 80
boldly denounce in the parish of Qua
cl,ita prevails in the great majority of
parishes in the State. A few men
meet, consult, and agree upon ticket
and that ticket succeeds in spite of
the wish of the great mass of achite
people who pay the taxes to support
the boss-elected officials. In many
parishes the fate OF an aspirant to any
Office depends upon the will of a half
dozen men. If he should, per chance,
be the political chun of the halt dozen
bosses his way Is clear and his s:elec-
ton is sure.' But if he should have
the temerity to come before the people
asking their sanction of his aspira-
lions he is in bad row for stumps
He goes down beneath the jeers and
tyrannOus heels of the men who "run
the politics. of his parish! In a
word, Mr.. Editor, ignorant black
men, manipulated by shrewd political
task masters, are doing for the mass
of white voters that very thing which
provoked the stupendOus revolution
of 1876 in Louisiana. I do not pretend
to assert that we have such conscience
less scoundrels in the Offices of the
State as were ousted by the uprising
during that memorable year; but
1 do say that the majority OF men
who now hold political offices attained
them by tho exercise of the identical
plans and schemes which gave official
birth TO the Infamous scalawags who
misruled Louisiana so long and 80
wickedly. The negro to-day is the
signing men that he was a decade ago.
He Is worked by them for all he is
worth in a word meeting to suppress
the voice of patriotic white men who
are numerically to0 weak to cope with
their dusky neighbors at the polls. ]
have seen tickets Win-aud Haunted
before the world as true-blue democratic
tickets-Whicb owed their very ex.
istence almost exclusively to negroes
who only wanted half chance to vote
straight.out Radical ticket! And,
sir, it is this custom-this "boss-bull-
Raging" white men wit unprincipled
! negroes-that the press of Louisiana
should regulate by fierce denunciation
and fearless exposure. l trust your
facile pen may not quail in the grand
task you have so well begun until you
have united the people to demand the
political scepter so heartlessly welded
by the bosses and BOSSES of this boss
| cursed State. You can rest assured
that in the fight you make against
political corruption tho people are with
you. Only political trickstcrs and
hucksters are your enemies.
JUST So.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

On all the property in said Leyee
District, subject to taxation for Leyee
purposes, for period of thirty years
for and ia consideration of the coustruc-
ton and maintaining of said Levee by
said Railroad Company to be used by
them for railroad purposes, provided
said Railroad Company shall have
said Levee or embanknent constructed
under the supervision and direction of
the said Board of State Engineers. and
provided they shall finish the same by
the first day of August, 1883, the frs,
installment of said tax to he paid to
said company as soon as the work shall
be finished, provided that in lieu Of
the above proposition the president of
the Board shall have the power to
bind this Board to the payment to
said company the sum of fifty thoa.
sand dollars in the bonds which it is
authorized under the law to issue aud
a three mill tax upon all said taxable
property in said Levee District for u
period OF twenty years, provided SAID
Railroad Company shall complete said
work as above specified by the lst day
OF March, 1SSS,-said bonds not to be
delivered nor said tax to be paid until
the work is done.
And the President of this Levee
Board is hereby authorized to enter
into Il written contract with said Rail
load to carry out all the slipulations in
either of the aforesaid propositions.
1t is distinctly understood that the
words "Boeuf River Cut or as used
in the above proposition, is understood
to mean all the low ground between
tho Bayou Macon hills proper. and
Trip Junction OH the Arkansas Valley
Road in the State of Arkansas.
On motion of Mr.. Mathews, seconded
by Mr.. l1efner, the following resolution
was offered, and after much discussion
was carried and adopted. NIessrs
Mathews, Herring and Hefner voting
atiirmatively. MIR. Ivy voting mega,
lively.
Be it resolved, that the resolution
passed by this Board at its meeting 81
the 4th Of April, 1887, ievying a tax Of
five cents per acre on all lands suhjec,
to the levee tax in the Teusas Basin
Levee District, be and the same is
hereby amended so AS t. read-That
all lands subject 10 said tax in said
District be taxed to the amount of two
and one half cents per acre: he il
further resolved, that in case the Mo
Ark. and La. r.. Il. Company accept
the proposition, made it to build .
levee across Beouf River Cut OF. Then
this amendment together with thai
part of the former resolution levyine
the five cent per acre tax be null, void
and of no effect.
On motion, the following resolution
was adopted:
Resolved, that the President be ant
is hereby authorized to draw on &C
count warrants for all necessary ex.
penses, and four dollars per day for al
time employed in administering The
interests of this Board.
There being no further business, the
Board adjourned subject to call o
the President.
| w. II. IvY,
| STEPHEN FAULK, President
| Secretary.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
MED us.

Shall the Bosses nominate Parish
ticket and submit ii TO convention Of
the people for mere formal raiifica.
ton, or will the people, in their sover-
eighty, assemble in convention and
say who their servants will be?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

DIR. Ward, who killed the sheriff OF
Sabine parish several years ago, and
for which he was sentenced to life i'm.
prisonment, has been pardoned. Ward
was at the Crew Lake camps and was
physician in charge for quite while
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
ChTAIIHII 4.

We are informed that il is Il fact that
Catahouia is to have another newspaper,
tho Troyville Trojan. 1t is to he managed
by Mr.. a. G. Poole. We wish The promo
tcrs of this new enterprise success Yes,
Catahoula is largo enough for anoihcr
newspaper. The more the n.Crricr-
HurriSORbStru NC3"S.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
TIE PARISHES.
CONCOEDI.h.

1t has been noticed recently that Lake
Concortiia is rapidly filling up with It do
post from tho Mississippi river, with which
it is connected, and that tho willow and
cotton wood trees arc fast cncrOachinu
upon its channel. At Minorca plantation,
formerly one of tho deepest places. tho lake
is so shallow that person can easily wade
across it, and III rowinga skin Il: that point
tho cars frequently strike tho muddy
SCUtiUci.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The Telegraph accords every man
the right to his convictions and the
freedom of speech. That is all the
Telegraph asks, or can ask. 1t is our
inalienabIe right and it cannot be de-
MED v,a
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The Francis Il. Nichols of 1877, who
saved the State and his people, is, in
1887, experiencing a taste of the ingrat-
itude of the saved !-,Shrerepor Times.
Gen. Nichols did not do that Bro.
Puckette; THE PEOPLE saved them
selves.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

\ The Nichols campaign has been for
rhally opened with headquarters on
the second floor of the bar room, corner
Charities and Canal street,"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

Is the Ring opposition to the Ants
so intollerant as to attempt a suppress
ion of free speech and an Independent
press ? We can hardly believe it.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

When the party organization, OF
machinery of the party, is run in the
interest of n clique or faction, il ceases
to be the representative agency of the
party.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

All that the opponents of the Ring
ask. or want, is free expression OF the
will of the majority of the white peo-
pie of Ouachita parish.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
Absolute sovereignty belongs Ia
God only-and the people.

If the will of a majority of the white
people of Ouachita decides the coming
parochial contest the result will be a
united Democratic family.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02
II. II. Burr, writing TO the Vernon
from Yuma, Arizona, under

II. II. Burr, writing TO the Vernon
Condenser from Yuma, Arizona, under
date of May II, 1887, says: at is the
custom of the Yuma, as we'll as some
of the other Indian tribes of this Terri
tory, to burn their dead and every thing
belonging them and to the family, the
camp and all the provisions included,
and to kill all the live stock. A death
leaves the whole family destitute. The
consequence is the Numas are kept
wretchedly poor, and until this super
stition is gotten out of their heads they
never will be otherwise. This oe course
does away with all i'll feeling or wrang-
ling among heirs of the deceased over
the estate. Having some curiosity 20
see one of their cremations, l had Il fine
opportunity yesterday morning, and
was not slow to make the most of wit
Messing the ceremony over Pascual,
the aged chief, who had rcigncd over
the tribe since the first adventurous
pale face had come among them"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The primary election held in Yves;
Monroe last week is creating consdera-
bic comment at home and abroad, and
the exchange of unnecessary assertions
have been entered into, and the charge
has been made by certain McEucry
men that they intend To throttle the
will of the majority of intelligent
whito men of this parish with the
coIored vote. Is this a fact, and Will
the majority of the intelligent whites
submit to such thing > Vest None
roe Jiion.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-07-02

The demand for II North Louisiana
man for one of the United States sena-
tors is increasing at rapid rate. How
would a Shreveport man do.-Iin7cS.
Shreveport has Il man who would fill
the place acceptab!y, but if we mistake
not, he is not at home. We think
Monroe can furnish the man.
Omaha daily bee., 1887-11-20
RELIGIOUS.

The one hundrcth anniversary of Method
ism in Brooklyn was celebrated last week.
Cardinal Gibbons has returned to Balti-
more from his extended trip through the
northwest.
Rev. Morgan Dix has served twenty-five
years as rector of Trinity church, New York.
Rev. David Hum is the oldest living grad
uate of Yale college, and the Oldest clergy
man in the United States.
In the Presbytcry of Los Angeles, Cal six
new churches fully organized were received
and enrolled at its last session.
Plans are being made by the chief archi-
tectS of Rome for Il handsome synagogue to
be erected in the Eternal City.
Rev. j. Leonard Corning, lately the pastor
of the Congregational church in Terre Haute
Ind, has applied for admission to the Unita-
rian fellowship.
that recently discovered by Cobb Lehman
near Mayencc. The date is 4566 ofthe jew
ish calendar, or 500 before the Christian era.
The Jewish and Mohammedan New Years
day occurred on the same date this year, and
mutual congratulations were exchanged by
the sultan and the chief rabbi of CONSTANT
nople
The Presbyterans of New York city are
talking about raising fund of 81 600, 600 for
ministerial relief and it is desired to have the
amount pledged before the centennial of
Prcsbyterans in 1SSS.
the next general conference of the Methodist
church, says the New York Christian Advo-
cate, is the eligibility of women to sit in con-
ference,
The New York Episcopalians have paid
Ss5O,0O0 for site for the proposed great
Protestant Episcopal cathedral, which is to
be built on Tenth avenue and One Hundred
and Tenth street. 1t is to be modelled after
ST Peters at Rome.
Rev. G.. Ely Brochu of Southbridge, Mass,
was last week invested with the title of mon
sgnor, and received the scarlet robe and the
ring which indicate his position as preate of
the Catholic church. He is the second priest
in New England to receive this office, the
first being Monsgnor Strain, of Lynn.
The memorial of st. Paul which some
Americans propose to set up in his native
city of Tarsus will take the practical shape
of training school for orphans, of which
there are "a great many in Silica. About
s., 800 a year have been pledged, sum suffi-
! cient to support about fifty children, DIR.
Howard CROSBY is the president of the board
of managers